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Warming Up

When we undertake strenuous physical activity first we stretch; we move our limbs around Intense mental activity receives far less regard we just plunge right in; sometimes drown

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Ilene Bauer

Date: 8/31/2020 10:51:00 AM

ha! very true, gershon! great observation...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/31/2020 1:44:00 PM

Thank you, ilene! ~ In vino veritas, Gershon

Robert L. Hinshaw

Date: 8/30/2020 5:16:00 PM

Gershon - very insightful thoughts to ponder in this terse verse! Bob

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/30/2020 7:55:00 PM

Bob, thanks for the appreciation on this one. May all your warm-ups be merry, and may all your poetry be bright! Silver Bells, Gershon

Sigrid Ermine

Date: 8/30/2020 4:27:00 PM

... Good point... I think we train for this stuff, in the sense it becomes easier with practice. Used to stare out at the garden in order to get lines, now I can be scrunched up on bathroom floor under heat lamps! ( chicken incubating)

Sigrid Ermine
Date: 8/31/2020 3:44:00 PM

Smiles.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/30/2020 7:42:00 PM

Yeah, I guess you're right... After 7 ga-zillion poems, essays, term papers, essay tests, college essays, and whatnot, we ought to be able to write without getting warmed up (or overheated)... Though now that I think of it, my best 'warm-up' is to relax, think pleasant thoughts, and maybe stroll outside for a bit. I guess that counts. Thanks for the your insight, Sigrid! Warm wishes, Gershon